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Show Green River Chamber Studies Future Plans A sparslcy attended but nonetheless active meeting of i the Chamber of Commerce convened at the Ovcrnightcr on Wednesday, the regular meeting night. Several matters mat-ters were discussed, most of which will be aired in a news letter to be mailed on Monday, the 22nd. This will announce a special meeting on the 24th at the Overnighter to discuss several matters. Sixty places were set for the 10th meeting, and only a handful of people showed up. This is not fair to the cafe hosting the meeting, and it was proposed that reservations reserva-tions be made on Tuesday or before, so that the cafe people will have some idea of how many are to be in attendance. Although there has been little publicity the past year, there have been some rather meaningful strides made in the organization. Dues have been lowered from $40 to $12.50-a much more realistic figure. In a town this small, it just about takes everyone to get an organization off the ground, and the ranchers and farmers, as well as the families and housewives should come out and show an interest. A live Chamber of Commerce is a long step toward getting an industry to settle here, and brii.g a payroll into the town. The number on the Board has been raised from 7 to 15, thus involving a great many more people in direction of the Chamber. ' It is proposed to have a speaker for each meeting, and you know who most of these will be until the November meeting. |